They live as tiny polyps attached to hard surfaces such as stones, shells, wood, and man made structures of steel, concrete and plastic.

A polyp in zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum Cnidaria, the other being the medusa. Polyps are roughly cylindrical in shape.

Jellyfish take on two different body forms: medusa and polyps. Polyps can reproduce asexually by budding, while medusae spawn eggs and sperm to reproduce ...

12 июн. 2006 г. · Jellyfish have a stalked (polyp) phase, when they are attached to coastal reefs, and a jellyfish (medusa) phase, when they float among the plankton.

12 мая 2021 г. · The polyp is the asexual stage of the jellyfish life cycle. Medusa buds grow on the polyps' gonangia, and then they will leave the polyp and ...

They then attach to the hard surface and transform into a polyp called a scyphistoma. 3a. These scyphistomae resemble tiny anemones, are less than an inch long, ...

18 окт. 2024 г. · In general, the jellyfish-shaped medusae are produced asexually by the polyp, whereas sperm and eggs are produced by the medusae. Compare medusa ...

Polyps and podocysts can produce many tiny jellyfish, and are the source of most jellyfish blooms. For many species, they have never been found in nature. To ...

3 июл. 2019 г. · After settling to the sea floor, the planula larva attaches itself to a hard surface and transforms into a polyp (also known as a scyphistoma), ...